Cleaner trucks with natural gas
To avoid another oil spill disaster like BP’s in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama has called for jump-starting a “clean energy industry” to produce wind turbines, solar panels and energy-efficient windows…
Yet these measures don’t address the most significant cause of U.S. oil addiction: 254 million cars, buses and trucks that consume 66 percent [...]
II NGVA Europe International Show and Workshops June 7-9 – 2011- Berlin, Germany
NGV Berlin 2011, the 2nd NGVA Europe International Show & Workshops, will be held on June 7-9, 2011, in Berlin, Germany. This is an event of NGVA Europe -European NGV Association-, hosted by Erdgas Mobil -German NGV Association- and organized by NGV Communications Group, with exhibition and five workshops that will address topics of utmost [...]
NGV China 2011, will be March 29-31 in Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Hall (New Hall)
Most influential China International NGV and Gas Station Equipment Expo(NGV China) set up since 2000, held in Beijing annually, 11 years, from home and abroad 50 countries a total of more than 1,800 exhibiting companies, the audience of 138,000 people, for our natural gas vehicles, stations of the sustainable development of the industry have made [...]
Natural Gas-Powered 2011 Civic GX Remains Smart, Green Choice Alternative-energy vehicle based on popular Civic
First introduced in 1998 and based on the Honda Civic LX Sedan, the Civic GX runs on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and produces inherently low emissions.
Previously targeted primarily to government and fleet customers, individual retail consumers in California, New York, Utah and Oklahoma can now purchase the 2011 Civic GX through Honda dealers certified to [...]
EPA and NHTSA Issue Proposed GHG and Fuel Economy Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a joint proposed rule that would establish coordinated greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks produced in model years 2014 through 2018. The standards would cover CO2, N2O, CH4, and air conditioning-related HFC emissions from tractor-trailers, “vocational [...]
L.A. METRO Public Transit Agency Contracts with Clean Energy to Operate & Maintain CNG Fueling Facilities in Four Agency Divisions
– Clean Energy Will Fuel METRO’s Entire 2,500 CNG Bus Fleet –
Seal Beach, CA (October 29, 2010) — Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) has secured a new 10-year contract from the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) to operate CNG facilities that fuel METRO CNG buses deployed in the agency’s Downtown Los Angeles, San [...]
Jersey Pearl helps provide renewable energy to aid development of Chinese province
British jewellery brand, Jersey Pearl has furthered its ethical credentials by supporting the development of the Longwangtan Hydro Power Project which provides clean energy to the province of Guizhon, China with the help of The CarbonNeutral Company.
This clean, renewable energy source supplies electricity to the entire southern Chinese power grid. Through vital projects such as [...]
IEA commends the Czech Republic for energy security achievements and calls for greater focus on climate change and economic efficiency
07 October 2010 Prague — The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomes the efforts the Czech Republic has made to improve the country’s energy policy. At the launch of the new publication Energy Policies of IEA Countries – The Czech Republic 2010 Review today in Prague, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said, “Since the last IEA [...]
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 GLX CVT CNG
Mitsubishi Thailand CNG Sales Exceed Expectations
Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Company Limited is planning to increase production in response to higher than expected demand for its Triton CNG and Lancer CNG models. Mr Koji Nakahara, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) vice president (Sales and Marketing), explained that combined sales of the bi-fuel Triton CNG and Lancer CNG in the [...]
Fiat’s Marchionne wants to add CNG- and LPG-powered vehicles to Chrysler’s lineup
Fiat has the highly regarded Multijet diesel engine among its offerings, and Volkswagen has been spending massive amounts of moolah to soften American hearts toward diesels. Yet in spite of those two factoids, at a recent symposium in Michigan Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne championed compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel he’d like to see [...]